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[Underwaterbob]

One can choose to read eslcafe or not. It's hardly the same as finding the side of your house painted with a threatening message.

[Ya-ta Boy]

To spray paint a political message on someone's house is a threat to the whole family. Regardless of the content of the message, the message says, "I know where you, your spouse and your children live. They are at my mercy. Furthermore, I hold my opinions superior to the law in respect to your rights." Yes, I would say that spray painting a home is terrorist threat.

Most people also consider this:

[Lunar Groove Gardener]

Rarely has a country's flag been as laughably prevalent as Canada's is on the person of Canadians in Korea.

It's on many a Canadian's T-shirts, backpacks, pencils, socks and who knows what else.

During decades of travel I have played sports and socialized with people from countries in the height of their specific unpopularity: America, England, Nicaragua, Somalia, Russia,
S. Africa, Iran, Iraq, Columbia, China etc.

Never was it regarded as useful, positive or necessary to regard each other as political entities.

Clearly we all represent our countries, as individuals, but in most cases not our government.

However, in the unique case of the Canadian this onus would, by all appearances, be paramount.

I never once felt any inclination that a Canadian flag would make me feel better about making friends with anyone.

I refer of course to what is commonly heralded as the "I'm not American" flag.

With time a traveler can expect to succumb to the reality that being from whatever country does not increase the odds of one's being good company, or good in any aspect.

One busy proving first who they aren't is likely not yet in command of who it is they truly are.

A self-assigned "scarlet letter", signifies all too often to be the harbinger of someone philosophically nascent, fresh to this larger world and fearful.

As to "hey", "ey", "eh", "oy";
spoken English of the world is full of such utterances, no one country owns them (though some may try to deny them).

[blurgalurgalurga]

I have yet to notice anybody wearing a maple leaf on their bag here. Is it really that common?

[Bramble]

[The Bobster]

[Bramble]

Extortion?

[The Bobster]

[Bramble]

Bobster: You're a liar. You can throw around your libellous accusations when I say it's OK for animal rights activists to hijack an airplane or kidnap randomly selected victims. Until then, just stop lying.

Do you see anything on these pages that sounds remotely like the ALF or ELF?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_conventions_on_terrorism

http://www.un.org/terrorism/instruments.shtml

[The Bobster]

Without even bothering to look at the source, just reading your quotes: yes, it's ALF/ELF.

[Bramble]

You know what, there's really no point in trying to discuss anything with you. You're a disgraceful excuse for a human being. Have you ever managed to carry on a conversation on these forums without reverting to your usual MO? You are deliberately repeating statements you know to be false. You are intentionally misreading other people's words, and misrepresenting the meaning of the text right in front of you. You are knowingly misapplying a loaded, inflammatory term that gets people sentenced to decades in prison, and which governments use to justify freezing bank accounts and taking other extraordinary measures to suspend civil liberties. It takes a special kind of pathological liar to behave as you do on these boards, and a very �special� kind of moderator to allow it. I�m done with this conversation.

[shapeshifter]

Assuming you're over the age of twelve, you two are both absolutely ridiculous. Is this petty squabbling meant to pass for philosophical debate?

Neither of one of you appears to be particularly bright, yet you're both unduly impressed by your own spurious and clumsily-expressed arguments.

Do yourselves a favour and find a different hobby, preferably one that's more useful and better suited to your respective abilities.

[The Bobster]

[The Bobster]

[Shredd]

AD Hominem!!!!